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A chapter in the book Selections For Book Project

The Hundred Percent Club

by michaelcahill


 
danger can lurk around any corner

up a staircase

it can shove you in a room
and mount you
like a rabid dog
and laugh like a hyena
 
it can tell you
you are of no value
just a toy
for a boy
with a ploy
 
but it's no big deal
he's a wheel
and you'll forget
move on
live a life
 
he'll rule the world
flag unfurled

and every night
you will lie curled
in the terror of that time
crime
came to call on you
 
and you'll be the prisoner
in the cell
    a hell ironic
        for a victim
 
then one day
the bullies will throw a rock
through your window
taunting you
because they heard you had a story
and double dare you
 
to tell
 
tell your story
if you double dare
 
the whole damn world
will be right there

and the boys will too
 
those boys

         the ones that scare you so
 
and you'll stand in front of them all

                shaking and terrified
 
and become

        A World Hero
 
                 Dr. Christine Blasey Ford

 



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